Astronaut jerky.
Absurd speculation.
Yum Yum!
Donner Party?)
Tradition would dictate a ground burial if on the surface, or “burial at sea” if in the ocean of space.
Would not the atmospheric friction of the body falling from space to the planet’s surface cremate the body?
Mars = Donner Pass
If you are going to settle there it is going to happen. And if you are terraforming it MUST happen.
Wasting perfectly good protein is not recommended.
Well boys, I’m done for, I’ve got a gammy leg.
Will NASA beam up a copy of Jeffrey Dahmer's cookbook, or will that be standard equipment on board?
White meat? Dark meat? Both?
Save his water!
(Dune Fremen reference)
I think being made into Soylent Green has to be the correct option.
Is this a poll? I didn’t see where to vote. I want to make sure my vote counts! I feel disenfranchised.
Just like those slaves ships did... According to an IQ 17 congressman...
This sharks did the cleanup...
The atmosphere on Mars will not support combustion. Burning would have to happen in a totally self-contained unit. Something the astronauts would see every day, and would remind them of their frail mortality.
Living on Mars with the thought that the one who dies first will be eaten will have a severe impact on the emotional stability of the crew. No thought is given to the reason why cannibalism is taboo: it contaminates the eater with the germs of the deceased.
Once off the home planet, the rules are whatever NASA decides on. Here’s an overview of what the Brave New World Rules will be:
1. Get real sick, you are terminated. Can’t be a burden on the rest of the crew.
2. You get real old, you are terminated. Can’t be a burden on the rest of the crew.
3. When you die, you are jetissoned into space, or left behind. Only payload gets a ride. Dead weight stays behind.
4. There is no rule for who has sex with who, or what. Anything goes. Indeed, space exploration will be a bonus for those who want to get rid of traditional rules of morality.
5. Babies will be born in space. They will not have been given the opportunity to decide if they want to spend the rest of their lives in space, with no possibility of returning to Earth, the planet with green trees, blue sky, and warm Sun, for which we are eminently optimized. The impact on their individual rights will be totally overlooked.
5A. Some babies born in space will be eaten. Can’t let anything go to waste.
6. Religion will be outlawed, especially Christianity. The only giver of rules will be NASA, the new god.
OK, where do you get the precious oxygen to burn the body? Do you REALLY want to waste precious oxygen to do that on Mars?
Then, there's this..."a worst case scenario has been presented where the space fairing heroes..."
"Fairing"...
"Sea faring"...
"Space faring"...
What happened to the Queen's English? Did the Daily Mail fire all of its editors?
“I wonder what’s eating Bob?”
“I think it’s Bill.”
Genesis 1:28
“And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
We were commanded to subdue the earth. Not Mars or any other planet. This will not end well.